In a profile piece on WHO Director-General Margaret Chan, the Guardian writes, "Swine flu is probably already much bigger than anyone knows. Ten days ago, only six countries in Africa had reported cases, but as Chan readily admits, this is rather misleading: until the WHO started sending out lab kits in early May, many developing countries had no means of testing for it. Furthermore, modeling suggests that swine flu has an attack rate of 30 percent - once it enters a country, the likelihood is 30 percent of citizens will catch it at some point." The piece includes comments from Chan contrasting the preparedness of wealthy nations to that of developing countries, her efforts to ensure developing countries have access to an H1N1 vaccine when one becomes available, and "the myriad other epidemics and crises currently demanding [Chan's] attention" (Edemariam, 7/16).

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